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    March 1, 2019 | Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

    Minor heart defects at birth shown to increase risk for cardiac disease risk later in life, Stanford study finds

    Being born with a minor heart defect is a surprisingly big deal in the long… Read more »

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    July 12, 2017 | Christy Sillman, Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

    “I share the same heart condition as Jimmy Kimmel’s son”

    Christy was born with a type of congenital heart disease known as tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia.

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    February 16, 2017 | Rachel and Mark Roth, Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

    A Family’s Journey

    Joey was born with several congenital heart defects, including a large ventricular septal defect (VSD), severe Ebstein’s Anomaly, and a coarctation of his aorta.

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    October 20, 2015 | Erin Digitale

    61-year-old grandfather gets new heart valve at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

    One little-known fact about children’s hospitals: A number of their patients are not children. Local grandfather Sang Hee Yoon became one of these patients when he had a malfunctioning heart valve replaced in May, thanks to the expertise of our Adult Congenital Heart Program.

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    August 26, 2014 | Anisse Gross, Angie Lucia

    Nurse coordinator at Stanford’s Adult Congenital Heart Program has the same disease as those she cares for

    Christy Sillman is one of the many adult survivors needing lifelong, specialized treatment for her heart. Sillman brings special insights to her work as the nurse coordinator for the Adult Congenital Heart Program at Stanford.

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